Howie Long

The telecast of the game wasn’t as sloppy as the play on the field in the Ravens' 16-13 victory over the St. Louis Rams. But it wasn’t all that much better either.

It was refreshing to get a Fox telecast instead of CBS if no other reason than seeing endless promotional messages for primetime series other than “NCIS” and “The Big Bang Theory.”

But after the second or third promo for “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Gotham,” that got old, too. And could they have shown one more add for Ford trucks, pizza, beer or men giving women jewelry and women looking totally blissed out as snow falls on their heads? I am going to see...

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